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Legiones de Roma

Autor: Stephen Dando-collins

Número de Páginas: 553

Legiones de Roma es la primera historia completa de todas y cada una de las legiones imperiales romanas y sus victorias como fuerzas de combate. Stephen Dando-Collins ha dedicado treinta años a recopilar datos en los lugares más recónditos y pruebas en todas las fuentes bibliográficas y arqueológicas imaginables —inscripciones en piedra y en bronce, monedas, papiros, narraciones…—, una notable proeza que combina la labor histórica y la detectivesca. Este libro ofrece una descripción detallada de la indumentaria y la alimentación de los legionarios, la vida en el campamento, la paga y los métodos empleados para motivarles y castigarles, así como numerosas historias personales de soldados destacados. Además, describe las historias de las unidades de todas las legiones que sirvieron a Roma durante tres siglos, desde el año 30 a.C., y realiza una amplia revisión cronológica de las campañas en las que participaron los ejércitos. Con más de ciento cincuenta mapas, fotografías, diagramas y planes de batalla, Legiones de Roma es una obra única, esencial tanto para los apasionados de la historia antigua o los expertos en historia militar, como para todos los...

Élite des monuments céramographiques

Autor: Charles Lenormant , Jean Joseph Antoine Marie De Witte

Número de Páginas: 698

Terra Invictus

Autor: Daniel Wayne Smitley Ii

Número de Páginas: 660

It is December 2024. As the world elite moves closer to complete domination, war is being waged on both sides of Earth. Two paths from separate worlds move inevitably closer as ancient secrets are revealed that will change the paradigm of human history. One man fights for the survival of his family. One woman fights to prevent an insidious evil from entering the inner realm of mankind. The Modern Digital Age meets the Mythology of old as the known world becomes bigger and far darker than anyone could possibly imagine.

Parameters

Número de Páginas: 740

Legio Élite

Autor: Brenda Hinojosa

Número de Páginas: 368

El tiempo de estudiar en Signum Lux por fin llegó para Victoria Guilliard. Es dos años menor a la edad requerida, pero deciden admitirla para que aprenda a dominar su magia y no haga más estragos en Ciudad Zul. Legio Élite describe su evolución y crecimiento personal mientras aprende de cada una de las castas. Se enamora perdidamente de Leonardo Knight, el príncipe heredero al trono. Ella enfrentará hasta lo imposible por estar con él. Encuentra el valor de la amistad en sus dos mejores amigos: Romeo y Rebeca. Juntos, los cuatro, crearán un vínculo irrompible de hermandad. Victoria y Leonardo tendrán que enfrentar una maldición que pone en riesgo la vida de ambos. Enfrentarán también al rey Knight, quien se opone rotundamente a su relación. No hay tregua para ellos, si flaquean, todo por lo que han luchado se derrumbará. Amor, venganza y poder se entrelazan para crear una historia que nos hace sumergirnos en un mundo lleno de magia y fantasía.

Materiales para la Historia de España

Autor: María Del Carmen García Gómez , Javier Ordaz Romay

Número de Páginas: 285

Esta obra ofrece una gran variedad de recursos para el estudio de la Historia de España, especialmente para los estudiantes que preparan las Pruebas de Acceso a la Universidad: más de 500 términos históricos, temas desarrollados, gráficos, mapas e imágenes con un marcado fin didáctico.

Roman Warriors

Autor: Graham Sumner , Simon Elliott

Número de Páginas: 325

Gathering together stunning artwork from Graham Sumner’s impressive, expansive portfolio, featuring never-before-seen illustrations from the artist and reminding us of his exceptional ability to bring Ancient Rome to life through painting, this colorful, comprehensive anthology is a must-have for any enthusiast of the period, and of military history in general. Introduced with a foreword by best-selling historian and author Adrian Goldsworthy, Sumner’s beautiful color reconstructions of Ancient Roman warriors over time are complemented expertly with informative, enlightening text by eminent historian and author Simon Elliott. This combination of Sumner’s illustrations and Elliott’s writing leaves no stone unturned as they divulge information about this fascinating period of military history in mesmerizing, intricate detail. Readers will swiftly become fully immersed in this ancient world, and will leave it with a wealth of knowledge about and a profound understanding of the warriors of Ancient Rome, and a great appreciation for Sumner and Elliott’s expertise in the area.

Cohort of the Damned

Autor: Andrew Keith , William H. Keith

Número de Páginas: 340

A fugitive on the run tries to escape his dark past by joining the fight against the aliens in this military sci-fi series. Wolfgang Hauser was a privileged and pampered aristocrat—until the day aliens invaded his world and took everything from him. Now he’s an outcast accused of cowardice and murder. Without a family or a home, he’s on the run. And the only chance he has to escape his enemies is to join the Fifth Foreign Legion. But the Legion demands a high price from the misfits who flock to his banner in search of a new life. Wolfgang must now surrender his name, his beliefs, and his very identity to become a Legionnaire. But after losing so much already, can he bare the cost of hope?

The Reign of Emperor Gallienus

Autor: Ilkka Syvänne

Número de Páginas: 411

“An unusual history of an unusual soldier of Rome who rose to Emperor . . . an engaging history of a fascinating subject—Very Highly Recommended.” —Firetrench This is the only fully illustrated military life of the Emperor Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (253-268). Considered the most blatantly military man of all of the soldier emperors of the third century, Gallienus is the emperor in Harry Sidebottom’s bestselling Warrior of Rome novels. Gallienus faced more simultaneous usurpations and foreign invasions than any other emperor, but somehow he managed to survive. Dr. Ilkka Syvanne explains how this was possible. It was largely thanks to the untiring efforts of Gallienus that the Roman Empire survived for another 1,200 years. Gallienus was a notorious libertarian, womanizer, and cross-dresser, but he was also a fearless warrior, duelist and general all at the same time. This monograph explains why he was loved by the soldiers, yet so intensely hated by some officers that they killed him in a conspiracy. The year 2018 was the 1,800th anniversary of Gallienus’ date of birth and the 1,750th anniversary of his date of death. The Reign of Gallienus celebrates the life...

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine

Autor: Noel Emmanuel Lenski

Número de Páginas: 546

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine offers students a comprehensive one-volume survey of this pivotal emperor and his times. Richly illustrated and designed as a readable survey accessible to all audiences, it also achieves a level of scholarly sophistication and a freshness of interpretation that will be welcomed by the experts. The volume is divided into five sections that examine political history, religion, social and economic history, art, and foreign relations during the reign of Constantine, who steered the Roman Empire on a course parallel with his own personal development.

Pertinax

Autor: Simon Elliott

Número de Páginas: 246

A biography of the man who ascended the ranks of the military and government to become Roman Emperor. The son of a former slave, Pertinax was the Roman Emperor who proved that no matter how lowly your birth, you could rise to the very top through hard work, grit and determination. Born in AD 126, Pertinax made a late career change from working as a grammar teacher to a position in the army. As he moved up the ranks and further along the aristocratic cursus honorum, he took on many of the most important postings in the Empire, from senior military roles in fractious Britain, the Marcomannic Wars on the Danube, to the Parthian Wars in the east. He held governorships in key provinces, and later consulships in Rome itself. When Emperor Commodus was assassinated on New Year’s Eve AD 192/193, the Praetorian Guard alighted on Pertinax to become the new Emperor, expecting a pliable puppet who would favour them with great wealth. But Pertinax was nothing of the sort and when he then attempted to reform the Guard, he was assassinated. His death triggered the beginning of the “Year of the Five Emperors” from which Septimius Severus, Pertinax’s former mentoree, became the ultimate...

Autour de l’infanterie d’élite macédonienne à l’époque du royaume antigonide

Autor: Pierre O. Juhel

Número de Páginas: 291

This volume presents five articles relating to military studies in the context of Macedonia of the Antigonids. Combining literary studies and archaeology, the author proposes several new concepts on Hellenistic Macedonian military studies. Articles consider the Macedonian phalanx, Antigonid Redcoats, heavy infantry and defensive weaponry.

Legionnaire

Autor: Simon Murray

Número de Páginas: 340

'One of the greatest adventure stories in years.' – Chris Patten 'The drama, excitement and colour of a good guts-and-glory thriller.' – Dr. Henry Kissinger The French Foreign Legion – mysterious, romantic, deadly – is filled with men of dubious character, and hardly the place for a proper Englishman just nineteen years of age. Yet in 1960, Simon Murray traveled alone to Paris, Marseilles, and on to Algeria to fulfill the toughest contract of his life: a five-year stint in the Legion. Along the way, he kept a diary. Legionnaire is a compelling, firsthand account of Murray's experience with this legendary band of soldiers. Subjected to brutal sergeants, merciless training methods and barbaric punishments – all in the hostile, sun-baked North African desert – Murray and his fellow men were pushed to breaking point, and beyond. Sixty years on, it remains a remarkable account of one of the most notorious military groups, a tale of true adventure and one man's determination never to surrender.

Legion of the Lost

Autor: Jaime Salazar

Número de Páginas: 251

The son of underpaid Mexican immigrants, Jaime earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue. But at twenty-three, he was disillusioned with the corporate fast track. So he became an outcast American in a hard-bitten group of recruits-men on the run from their pasts, men without hope: He joined the French Foreign Legion. From the Legion's notoriously brutal training to Salazar's fierce competitiveness, ultimate disillusionment and dramatic desertion, Legion of the Lost is a compelling, firsthand account of today's French Foreign Legion that will dispel myths while adding to the legend of the finest trained army of warriors the world has ever known.

Beyond the Bonus March and GI Bill

Autor: Stephen R. Ortiz

Número de Páginas: 262

The period between World Wars I and II was a time of turbulent political change, with suffragists, labor radicals, demagogues, and other voices clamoring to be heard. One group of activists that has yet to be closely examined by historians is World War I veterans. Mining the papers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the American Legion (AL), Stephen R. Ortiz reveals that veterans actively organized in the years following the war to claim state benefits (such as pensions and bonuses), and strove to articulate a role for themselves as a distinct political bloc during the New Deal era. Beyond the Bonus March and GI Bill is unique in its treatment of World War I veterans as significant political actors during the interwar period. Ortiz’s study reinterprets the political origins of the "Second" New Deal and Roosevelt’s electoral triumph of 1936, adding depth not only to our understanding of these events and the political climate surrounding them, but to common perceptions of veterans and their organizations. In describing veteran politics and the competitive dynamics between the AL and the VFW, Ortiz details the rise of organized veterans as a powerful interest group in...

Roman Villas in Central Italy

Autor: Annalisa Marzano

Número de Páginas: 843

Drawing on documentary sources and archaeological evidence this book offers a socio-economic history of elite villas in Roman Central Italy and brings a new perspective to the debate on the slave-based villa system and the crisis of Italian villas in the imperial period.

Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars

Autor: Duncan Head

Número de Páginas: 356

"Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars" is an important member of the WRG Ltd "Armies and Enemies" series. First published in 1983, it has long been out-of-print and we are delighted to make it available once more. It includes details of Persian, Greek, Boiotian, Spartan, Athenian, Phokian, Aitolian, Achaian, Tarantine, Syracusan, Macedonian, Thessalian, Successor, Antigonid, Epeirot, Ptolemaic, Kyrenean, Seleucid, Pergamene, Bactrian and Indian Greek, Maccabean, Thracian, Bithynian, Illyrian, Scythian, Bosporan, Sarmatian, Saka, Parthian, Indian, Carthaginian, Numidian, Spanish, Celtic, Galatian, Roman, Latin, Samnite, Campanian, Lucanian, Bruttian, Apulian and Etruscan armies.

Romans at War

Autor: Simon Elliott

Número de Páginas: 302

A comprehensive guide to this remarkable ancient fighting force: “Groundbreaking insights into the Roman military . . . sumptuously illustrated.” —Love Reading The Roman military machine was pre-eminent in ancient times, projecting power across the known world over a vast chronology, and an increasingly huge and diverse geography. One of the most powerful instruments of war in the history of conflict, it proved uniquely adept at learning from setbacks, always coming back the stronger for it. In so doing, it displayed two of the most important traits associated with the world of Rome. Firstly grit, that key ability to remain steadfast and to overcome adversity even in the most challenging of circumstances, as faced for example by the Republic in the Second Punic War against Hannibal. Secondly, the ability to copy the successful technical and tactical innovations of their enemies, enabling the Roman military to always stay one step ahead of its opponents on campaign and in battle. In this grand tour, covering every aspect of the Roman military, leading expert Dr. Simon Elliott first provides a detailed background to the Roman Republic and Empire to provide context for all that ...

French Foreign Legion Handbook: Strategic and Practical Information

Autor: Ibp Usa

Número de Páginas: 267

Legion of the Damned

Autor: William C. Dietz

Número de Páginas: 351

The first novel in William C. Dietz's acclaimed Legion of the Damned series... There is one final choice for the hopeless—the terminally ill, the condemned criminals, the victims who cannot be saved: becoming cyborg soldiers in the Legion. Their human bodies are destroyed and they are reborn as living weapons. But when aliens attack the Empire, the Legion must choose sides.

Weekly World News

Número de Páginas: 68

Rooted in the creative success of over 30 years of supermarket tabloid publishing, the Weekly World News has been the world's only reliable news source since 1979. The online hub www.weeklyworldnews.com is a leading entertainment news site.

Britain and Boudicca

Autor: Gunivortus Goos

Número de Páginas: 294

In the first century AD, Boudicca, a noblewoman of royal lineage, lived and died. Through her marriage, she became the queen of the British Iceni tribe. This remarkable figure is remembered for her near-success in espelling the formidable presence of the Roman Empire from the British Isles. Although she ultimately did not achieve this goal, she has evolved into a significant symbol of British identity since the Renaissance. The book begins by outlining the formation of Britain as an island and the various peoples who inhabited it during the Iron Age and Roman period. It also discusses Julius Caesar's attempts to establish a foothold in the region. But it was not until about a century later that Emperor Claudius and his successors successfully conquered Britain, a time during which Boudicca's life unfolded. Utilizing ancient and later sources, along with the author's insights and numerous unique illustrations, this non-fiction work effectively conveys its content.

BattleTech Legends: Blood of Heroes

Autor: Andrew Keith

Número de Páginas: 360

A GREAT HOUSE IN UPHEAVAL... Melissa Steiner's assassination ignited the fires of civil war, and now secessionist factions clamor for rebellion against the Federated Commonwealth. The rebels' plans hinge on gaining control of the Skye March, and thus controlling the crucial Terran Corridor. Throughout the March, civil and military leaders plot to take up arms against Prince Victor Steiner-Davion. The final piece of the plan requires the secessionist forces to gain access to the planet Glengarry and the legendary mercenary group that calls it home: the Gray Death Legion. A HOMEWORLD UNDER SIEGE... When Prince Davion summons Grayson Death Carlyle and his wife, Lori Kalmar-Carlyle, to the Federated Commonwealth capital, the rebel forces seize their chance to establish a garrison on Glengarry. But they didn't expect the legion's newest members to take matters into their own hands...and soon these rebels will learn what countless adversaries across the galaxy have learned...never, but never try to defeat the Gray Death Legion.

French Colonialism Unmasked

Autor: Ruth Ginio

Número de Páginas: 264

Before the Vichy regime, there was ostensibly only one France and one form of colonialism for French West Africa (FWA). World War II and the division of France into two ideological camps, each asking for legitimacy from the colonized, opened for Africans numerous unprecedented options. French Colonialism Unmasked analyzes three dramatic years in the history of FWA, from 1940 to 1943, in which the Vichy regime tried to impose the ideology of the National Revolution in the region. Ruth Ginio shows how this was a watershed period in the history of the region by providing an in-depth examination of the Vichy colonial visions and practices in fwa. She describes the intriguing encounters between the colonial regime and African society along with the responses of different sectors in the African population to the Vichy policy. Although French Colonialism Unmasked focuses on one region within the French Empire, it has relevance to French colonial history in general by providing one of the missing pieces in research on Vichy colonialism. Ruth Ginio is a research fellow at the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the...

Marching with the Devil

Autor: David Mason

Número de Páginas: 287

‘Since its creation in 1831, the French Foreign Legion has become the stuff of myth, fiction and dreams... Anyone thinking of joining up would be well advised to read this book first’ - The Sun Herald A real-life boy's own adventure, Marching With The Devil is an account of David Mason's five years in the infamous French Foreign Legion. David Mason graduated from the Australian National University with a law degree and an honours degree. Like those around him, he could easily have settled for a life of share portfolios, good suits, new cars and big houses. But David wanted more – he wanted a challenge, an adventure, something beyond the ordinary that would test him physically and mentally. He looked around to see what he could do. Working in an open-cut mine . . . done that. Running a marathon . . . hmm, not hard enough. Climbing Everest . . . maybe? Joining the French Foreign Legion . . . perfect! Marching With The Devil is the gripping true story of what happened when an Australian lawyer left his comfortable existence and joined the legendary French Foreign Legion. He stayed for five years and served time in the elite Parachute Regiments. With the motto 'March or Die',...

The Sound of Many Waters

Autor: Robin A. Crawford

Número de Páginas: 296

With the widest catchment area of any river in Britain, the Tay drains much of the lower Highlands of Scotland. A vast network of lochs and smaller bodies of water feed the Isla, Garry, Tummel, Almond and Earn, which all flow into this mighty river. As Robin Crawford walks along the banks of the Tay, we delve into the history of this landscape and his personal connection with it, from hill walks with friends into the mountains of the Tay's source to his student days in Dundee, where the Tay eventually spills out into the North Sea. Along the route we dip into the river's story: the gold-panners on the river Cononish, the Earthquake House outside Comrie, Beatrix Potter's holiday home near Dunkeld. Throughout, the river is our constant companion, connecting the small moments on which events turn and lives are changed forever.

McCarthyism

Autor: Jonathan Michaels

Número de Páginas: 319

In this succinct text, Jonathan Michaels examines the rise of anti-communist sentiment in the postwar United States, exploring the factors that facilitated McCarthyism and assessing the long-term effects on US politics and culture. McCarthyism:The Realities, Delusions and Politics Behind the 1950s Red Scare offers an analysis of the ways in which fear of communism manifested in daily American life, giving readers a rich understanding of this era of postwar American history. Including primary documents and a companion website, Michaels’ text presents a fully integrated picture of McCarthyism and the cultural climate of the United States in the aftermath of the Second World War.

The Crucible of Man

Autor: Mark J. Moe

Número de Páginas: 293

The story of Carpathimos and his evolution from an innocent fisherman to a warrior capable of changing the very future of Rome. The Roman invaders that killed his father return to his island. While defending his sister and mother, he is captured, taken to Rome, and forced to kill in the Circus Maximus. After winning his freedom Carpathimos is caught in the middle of a Roman Republic fighting to establish itself as a Mediterranean power. Allowed to return home, he must fight to survive again, and go to Rome with vengeance in his heart.

Warrior of Rome III: Lion of the Sun

Autor: Harry Sidebottom

Número de Páginas: 356

Discover explosive action and white-knuckle drama in the spectacular second instalment in Harry Sidebottom's vivid five-part series, perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell Mesopotamia, AD 260 Betrayed by his most trusted adviser, the Roman Emperor Valerian has been captured by the Sassanid barbarians. The shame of the vanquished beats down mercilessly like the white sun, as the frail old emperor prostrates himself before Shapur, King of Kings. Ballista vows to avenge those who have brought the empire to the brink of destruction with their treachery. One day, maybe not soon, but one day, I will kill you . . . But first he must decide what price he will pay for his own freedom. Only the fearless and only those whom the gods will spare from hell can now save the empire from a catastrophic ending. Ballista, the Warrior of Rome, faces his greatest challenge yet . . . Praise for Harry Sidebottom 'Sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' Times 'The best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' Andrew Taylor, author of The American Boy

1956, The World in Revolt

Autor: Simon Hall

Número de Páginas: 366

Popular uprisings in Poland and Hungary shake Moscow's hold on its eastern European empire. Across the American South, and in the Union of South Africa, black people risk their livelihoods, and their lives, in the struggle to dismantle institutionalised white supremacy and secure first-class citizenship. France and Britain, already battling anti-colonial insurgencies in Algeria and Cyprus, now face the humiliation of Suez. Meanwhile, in Cuba, Fidel Castro and his band of rebels take to the Sierra Maestra to plot the overthrow of a dictator... 1956 was one of the most remarkable years of the twentieth century. All across the globe, ordinary people spoke out, filled the streets and city squares, and took up arms in an attempt to win their freedom. In response to these unprecedented challenges to their authority, those in power fought back, in a desperate bid to shore up their position. It was an epic contest, and one which made 1956 - like 1789 and 1848 - a year that changed our world.

The Legacy of Rome

Autor: Simon Elliott

Número de Páginas: 302

The world of the Roman Republic and Empire is still very much with us, alive and a key companion as we negotiate the trials and tribulations of modern life. We don't just walk in the footsteps of Romans great and small; we walk side by side with them. At its height in the second century AD the Roman Empire stretched across three continents, from Hadrian's Wall in the far north-west to the bustling port cities on the Red Sea, but its influence spread even further afield, with its legacy lasting to this day. In The Legacy of Rome, acclaimed historian Dr Simon Elliott sets off on a grand tour of the whole empire, reviewing each region in turn to show how the experience of being part of the Roman world still has a dramatic impact on our lives today. From wild Britannia, where the legacy of conquest still influences relationships with the Continent; to western Europe, where the language, church and even law can be traced back to antiquity; to schisms and war across central Europe and the Middle East that are directly rooted in the world of Rome – the result is a fascinating exploration of the reach of Rome beyond its borders and through time.

Thunder in the East

Autor: Colonel (retired) Bill Gray

Número de Páginas: 44

Thunder in the East is part of the Age of Valor series of expansion modules for the Age of Eagles II Napoleonic miniature wargaming rules based on Rich Hasenauer's classic Fire & Fury American Civil War brigade level rules. As such this module contains all rules changes, additions and modifications necessary to convert Age of Eagles II for play in later periods of history. The module also includes both unit and leader data charts, two to four scenarios and complete quick reference sheets containing all necessary movement and combat tables. Thunder in the East covers the Russo-Turkish War of 1877 and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904. Age of Eagles II is necessary to properly play this expansion module. It is not a stand alone product. This product is DRM free.

Du bon usage de la douceur en politique dans l'œuvre de Tacite

Autor: Yasmina Benferhat

Número de Páginas: 376

English summary: This book by Yasmina Benferhat takes the form of an in-depth survey of the notion of kindness in the corpus of Tacitus' writings, including both his opuscules and his major historical works. This exploration of kindness in the works of Tacitus (AD 55-120) is presented in four successive components. The first concerns what might be called "false kindness," an issue which somehow needs to be confronted. These are examples of excessive indulgence, whether towards oneself or towards others. Such kindness is nothing but permissiveness and weakness. The second component deals with a form of kindness which already demands a certain amount of resolve, if not an effort of self-control made on one's own behalf or that of others. This part covers the aspects of kindness associated with the desire to make human relations more agreeable, from polite small-talk to benevolence and compassion. At this stage, however, the role of individual will remains limited. It is less restricted in the third part of the book, which considers how one might react when confronting a fault or an offence: clemency - this virtue to which, several centuries earlier, Seneca had devoted his treatise - ...

British Celtic Warrior vs Roman Soldier

Autor: William Horsted

Número de Páginas: 81

An illustrated study of the British tribal warriors and Roman auxiliaries who fought in three epic battles for control of Britain in the 1st century AD. Following the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, the tribes of the west and north resisted the establishment of a 'Roman peace', led in particular by the chieftain Caratacus. Even in the south-east, resentment of Roman occupation remained, exploding into the revolt of Boudicca's Iceni in AD 60. Roman auxiliaries from two particular peoples are known to have taken part in the invasion of Britain: the Tungrians, from what is now Belgium, and the Batavians, from the delta of the River Rhine in the modern Netherlands. From the late 80s AD, units of both the Batavians and the Tungrians were garrisoned at a fort at Vindolanda in northern Britain. The so called 'Vindolanda tablets' provide an unparalleled body of material with which to reconstruct the lives of these auxiliary soldiers in Britain. Featuring full-colour maps and specially commissioned battlescene and figure artwork plates, this book examines how both the British warriors and the Roman auxiliaries experienced the decades of conflict that followed the invasion. Their...

Language

Autor: Thomas Hewitt Key

Número de Páginas: 572

The Englishman

Autor: David Gilman

Número de Páginas: 360

A Financial Times Thriller of the Year. Dan Raglan, Foreign Legion veteran, finds himself entering one of the most brutal Russian prisons as he tries to settle old scores. A captivating spy thriller from critically acclaimed author David Gilman. Penal Colony No. 74, AKA White Eagle, lies some 600 kilometres north of Yekaterinburg in Russia's Sverdlovskaya Oblast. Imprisoning the country's most brutal criminals, it is a winter-ravaged hellhole of death and retribution. And that's exactly why the Englishman is there. Six years ago, Raglan was a soldier in the French Foreign Legion engaged in a hard-fought war on the desert border of Mali and Algeria. Amid black ops teams and competing intelligence agencies, his strike squad was compromised and Raglan himself severely injured. His war was over, but the deadly aftermath of that day has echoed around the world ever since: the assassination of four Moscow CID officers; kidnap and murder on the suburban streets of West London; the fatal compromise of a long-running MI6 operation. Raglan can't avoid the shockwaves. This is personal. It is up to him to finish it – and it ends in Russia's most notorious penal colony. But how do you break...

Resurrection

Autor: David Gilman

Número de Páginas: 398

Dan Raglan, former Foreign Legion fighter, alias The Englishman, returns in Resurrection, the new high-octane, high-stakes international thriller from David Gilman. Somewhere in the Sahara, on the desolate border between Sudan and Chad, a P51 Mustang with long-range drop tanks slowly emerges from the dunes. Inside, the skeletalized remains of a man missing for three decades. His flying jacket bears no insignia, a worn leather attaché case lies by his side, held securely by a manacle around his left wrist. Inside a document men will kill for. Die for. The sands of time have shifted, and whoever finds that aircraft finds information that could expose the most valuable spy the UK intelligence service has ever known. The British, the French, and the Russians are on the trail. And so is Raglan. Reviewers on David Gilman: 'An author at the zenith of his powers' Peter James 'Raglan is nicely complex: an action man with inner depths' Financial Times

The Seven Sins

Autor: Jon Land

Número de Páginas: 383

A wealthy Vegas casino owner must sort through his shady past to find a threat to his empire—and the city—in this action-packed thriller. To Dream . . . To Dare . . . To Win . . . The ancient motto, inscribed in Latin on a mysterious golden medallion, recovered from the ruins of the Roman Empire, has guided Michael Tiranno to heights few men have achieved. Once an orphaned farm boy in his native Sicily, Michael made millions by mastering the intricate world of high finance. Now he is the fabulously wealthy owner of Las Vegas’s The Seven Sins, the grandest and most extravagant casino in the world. The lavish resort embodies the personal philosophy fueled by his lust for power: the greater the risk, the greater the reward. But he also has secrets, secrets that he and Naomi Burns, his driven corporate attorney and confidante, have gone to great lengths to bury. When an enemy from the past threatens to undermine everything he has built, his dark history must now be uncovered. Together, they must tear open painful scars in Michael’s heart and soul to discover the true identity of their unknown foe—before all of Las Vegas pays the price for Michael Tiranno’s realized dreams...

Forever Will End

Autor: Dom Brandt

Número de Páginas: 204

The Blessed Ones always feared what would become of the world after their time on it had passed. Their fears intensified as they grew old and weary. They gathered in secret and wrote a series of passages that were compiled into a single novel. This novel detailed an Era of constant war, death, and despair on such a scale that all existence would inevitably perish. Centuries after their time, their fears would be made real when a mysterious malevolent force rises and unleashes it’s destructive wrath on all living things. A tale of dark, clever, and whimsical charm will unfold as many come together to oppose this threat all for the sake of one purpose...survival.